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Yoko Saba

さば ようこ

Saba Yoko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1943-07-07 (Fengtian (Manchukuo; now Shenyang, China))
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
tanka poet
活動期間
1962年〜
所属
Mahiruno (tanka group), Karin (tanka magazine/group)
影響を受けた人物
Akiko Baba

受賞歴

Japan Tanka Poets' Club Prize
2013
対象作品: Beyond Time
主催: Japan Tanka Poets' Club
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Bird Landscapes

1986年 tanka

A collection of tanka blending nature and everyday life. Many poems use birds as motifs and are characterized by sensory depictions.

birdsnatureeveryday life

Share the Light: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka

1991年 tanka

A volume of tanka exploring light, shadow, and memory. Her style links personal recollections with universal sensibilities.

lightmemoryintrospection

Autumn and Winter Grasses: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka

1997年 tanka

A tanka collection reflecting on seasonal change and the layering of life. Uses many seasonally evocative metaphors.

seasonstimeaging

Wings of the Feather Cup: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka

2006年 tanka

A lyrical collection of delicate tanka focusing on poetic moments within everyday life.

lyricismeveryday lifenature

Collected Tanka of Yoko Saba

2011年 tanka

A collected volume compiling representative works, summarizing her recurring themes and poetic style.

compilationmemoryhomeland

Beyond Time: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka

2012年 tanka

A collection contemplating time, memory, and the sense of past loss. Includes works that contributed to her 2013 Japan Tanka Poets' Club Prize.

timelossmemory

全著作

  • Bird Landscapes
  • Share the Light: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka
  • Autumn and Winter Grasses: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka
  • Wings of the Feather Cup: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka
  • Collected Tanka of Yoko Saba
  • Beyond Time: Yoko Saba Collected Tanka
  • Women of the Same Generation - Ecology of Song (co-authored)

作風・主題

文体
concise and symbolic tanka stylelyrical and sensory depiction
頻出モチーフ
birdstimememoryloss of homeland

評価・遺産

A contemporary tanka poet known for delicate nature imagery and introspective themes shaped by her upbringing in Manchukuo. Highly regarded, including receiving the Japan Tanka Poets' Club Prize.

関連学会

  • Japan Tanka Poets' Club

豆知識

  • Born in Fengtian, Manchukuo (now Shenyang). Said to have been separated from her birth mother at age one.
  • Encountered tanka at age 19 through the literary magazine 'G Chaos'.
  • Received the Japan Tanka Poets' Club Prize in 2013 for 'Beyond Time'.